Create-Today with Beth Buffington

About Create-Today with Beth Buffington

Whether you see yourself as a seasoned artist, or you’re just starting to dip your toes into creativity, this podcast is here to show you how YOUR creativity can benefit your mental health, personal growth, and even professional success. Cool, right? Think of me (Beth Buffington) as your companion on a creative journey to unlock the magic of creativity in your day-to-day. I’ll be here, sharing stories, chatting with other creatives in the know, sharing tips, and laughs as we explore the real-world perks of getting and staying creative. Tune in, and let's journey into the wonderful world of creativity together!

Publisher

Beth Buffington

Category

arts · business · leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Dec 2023

Latest episode

5 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

152 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Nov 2026

   E151 - Always Tired? Seven Creative Swaps to Get Some Real Rest

   Spent the whole weekend resting? But... still dragged yourself into Monday feeling foggy and groggy? You’re not lazy, my friend, and you’re definitely not alone. Searches for “no energy” have grown about five times since 2021. In this episode of Create Today, Beth explores with you – the Monday malaise mystery. She shares how a 14-mile bike ride left her upbeat and full of ideas, while a cozy scroll through cute animal videos left her drained. If you’ve been feeling tired all the time, curious about “faux rest” versus real rest, or wondering why when you scroll... it never seems to recharge you, pull up a chair. In this episode: • A tale of two “rest” breaks: a bike ride around the lake vs. a trip down the video rabbit hole • Three kinds of rest: the drain, the pause and the refill, and why only one fills your tank • Why scrolling feels like rest (but isn’t): it’s all about how you get your dopamine. • How the drain sneaks into your bedtime and steals your best refill time • Effort-driven rewards: that little “Ooh, I did that” glow you only get when your hands do the work • Did you choose this show, or did it choose you? A simple check for your screen time • The algorithm spell: how endless feeds erase the stopping cues that tell your brain “that’s done” • The phone charger that isn’t plugged into the wall (and what it has to do with your Monday energy) • What a study of 200+ working adults found about weekends that actually recharge you • Soft fascination, creativity and energy: why the "refill" rest works so well • 7 screen-free refill swaps: The paper and puzzle lunch The jigsaw in plain sight The window sketch (yes, even you can sketch) Ten-minute coloring The button jar game Play, sing or dance to one song The creative prep (your secret weapon against the evening scroll) • How real rest brings your curiosity back, the Realize stage of the Going FourWords™ framework • Draw your rest piechart: what happens when the drain takes the biggest slice • Your one small thing this week: pick it, plan it, practice it Your tank deserves a real refill, my friend. Try one swap this week and check your energy next Monday. 🧩 Links you'll want from this episode! Grab the free Going FourWords™ Guide (with a plan for keeping your energy tank full): https://www.bdi-create.today (https://www.bdi-create.today) Try the Going FourWords™ Clubhouse for $1 your first month (pen pals, the Recipe Exchange, Beth’s Best Books Club, quarterly Creative Challenges, monthly meetups): https://www.bdi-create.today/going-fourwords-membership (https://www.bdi-create.today/going-fourwords-membership) Missed last week? Catch Episode 150 with Lisa Murphy: https://www.bdi-create.today/podcasts/create-today-with-beth-buffington/episodes/2149277312 (https://www.bdi-create.today/podcasts/create-today-with-beth-buffington/episodes/2149277312) Love the hands-on ideas? Episode 149 on analog creativity: https://www.bdi-create.today/podcasts/create-today-with-beth-buffington/episodes/2149274609 (https://www.bdi-create.today/podcasts/create-today-with-beth-buffington/episodes/2149274609) Connect with Beth Instagram: @b.b.buffington_celebratetoday Facebook: BDIcreatetoday LinkedIn: bbbuffington Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/BDICreateToday/ (https://www.pinterest.com/BDICreateToday/) Chapters 0:00 Why are you still tired on Monday? 0:55 A bike ride vs. a scroll 3:30 A quick note about tiredness 4:55 You’re not alone 5:25 The word rest 6:20 Three kinds of rest 6:35 The drain 8:55 The pause 9:55 The refill: sleep 11:05 How the drain steals your sleep 11:40 The daytime refill and effort-driven rewards 13:20 Did you choose this show? 13:45 The algorithm spell 15:50 Solving the Monday mystery 17:10 Why the refill works 19:05 The Going FourWords™ Clubhouse 20:15 7 refill swaps 20:30 The paper and puzzle lunch 21:20 The jigsaw in plain sight 21:55 The window sketch 22:50 Ten-minute coloring 23:25 The button jar game 23:55 One song 24:25 The creative prep 26:10 Curiosity comes back 27:40 Your rest pie 29:35 Pick it, plan it, practice it 30:20 The Monday test 30:55 Your free Going FourWords™ Guide Because in Beth’s world, everyone is creative.

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   29 Oct 2026

   E150 - The Life Changing Benefits of Adventure with Guest Lisa Murphy

   Midlife Adventures - let’s find one that fits YOU! Is life feeling stale, foggy or burned out? Maybe you're stuck in a rut of same coffee, same lunch, same walk around the same block. Sound familiar, my friend? 🧭 In Episode 150 of Create-Today, Beth Buffington welcomes back vibrant living coach Lisa Murphy, who celebrated turning 60 by hiking about 145 miles around the Isle of Anglesey in Wales. She did this...solo. In nine days. With no earbuds. Here's the best part: Adventure waits for you, too! But, your adventure does not need hiking boots. If you've been feeling stuck in a rut, burned out in midlife, or curious about silent walking and side quests, pull up a chair. In this episode: • Why Lisa skipped the earbuds and chose to "listen to the silence" for nine days • The surprising hardest part of hiking solo at 60 (it wasn't being alone) • The moment she realized, "All I have to do is walk" • How doing hard things can calm your nervous system • Nature therapy: what time outside does for your mood and your immune cells • Adventure in every size: make a quilt, learn to crochet, or eat at a new restaurant alone • Beth's story of a world that got so small, even a train ride felt scary • The autopilot check: are you sleepwalking through your week? • Ritual, routine or rut? How to tell the difference • Why your brain calls the familiar "safe" • Mood follows action: how Lisa went from "I'm not creative" to "I'm a creative" • A simple three-step adventure plan: plan it, prep it, let it go • How trying something new fills your idea well • What's next for Lisa (solo camping and bears are involved) Your adventure is waiting, my friend. Start small, but, start today, and see where it takes you. 🌿 Links mentioned in this episode: Try a Sylva Session with Beth and Lisa creative wellness for your body, your creativity and your community: https://www.bdi-create.today/offers/TYb6qQtg/checkout (https://www.bdi-create.today/offers/TYb6qQtg/checkout) Send Beth your adventure map (she'll share it with Lisa and you'll get a big cheer): beth@bdi-create.today (mailto:beth@bdi-create.today) Grab the free Going FourWords™ Guide: https://www.bdi-create.today (https://www.bdi-create.today) Connect with Lisa Murphy Website: https://lisamurphyllc.com (https://lisamurphyllc.com) Instagram: @lisamurphyllc Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lisa.murphy.kc (https://www.facebook.com/lisa.murphy.kc) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-murphy-health-coach/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-murphy-health-coach/) Connect with Beth Instagram: @b.b.buffington_celebratetoday Facebook: BDIcreatetoday LinkedIn: bbbuffington Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/BDICreateToday/ (https://www.pinterest.com/BDICreateToday/) Chapters 0:00 Welcome back, Lisa Murphy 1:00 145 miles, 9 days, solo, no earbuds 2:30 Listening to the silence 5:00 The hardest part (it wasn't being alone) 8:30 "All I have to do is walk" 9:00 Revel in it and build your own data 11:45 Nature therapy and forest bathing 13:45 The adventure high 15:00 Adventures in every size 17:00 Beth's bike tour and the scary train 19:00 Are you living on autopilot? 20:15 Ritual, routine or rut? 21:45 Why your brain fears new things 23:00 Adventure safely 24:15 You just don't know which adventure 26:00 Start small, then grow bigger 27:15 Behavior, belief, identity 28:45 Turn "I have to" into an adventure 30:00 A simple adventure plan 30:30 Sylva Sessions: pick your adventure 34:15 What's next for Lisa and Beth 36:15 Send Beth your adventure map 36:45 Where to find Lisa In Beth's world, everyone is creative. #StuckInARut #MidlifeWomen #SilentWalking #SoloTravel #SideQuest #NatureTherapy #Turning60 #CreativeWellness #GoingFourWords #SelfCare

3. 

   22 Oct 2026

   E149 - Stop Doomscrolling: 7 Analog Hobbies Your Brain Craves

   I dare you to go offline: 7 Analog Hobbies Your Brain Craves Your phone is not the bad guy, my friend. But if your days have quietly gone all screen and with very little offline time, this one is for you. 🎃 In Episode 149 of Create Today, Beth Buffington talks analog creativity: the paper, yarn, glue stick, flour-on-the-counter kind. If you have been feeling the pull toward some crafty hobbies, an knitting, puzzles, painting, baking bread, or anything that gets you off your phone and out of the doomscroll, pull up a chair. In this episode: • How a chili cook-off and a glow-in-the-dark pumpkin, are good for your brain • What an analog clock can teach you about balancing screen time and hands-on time • A no-guilt check-in: what does your digital vs. analog pie chart look like this week? • Why so many people are calling 2026 the year of analog, and what the craft store data says • The science of hands-on hobbies: effort-driven rewards • What handwriting does in your brain Crafting and the relaxation response • A study linking arts and crafts to feeling life is worthwhile 7 screen-free hobby ideas (some free, some small spend): - Visible mending with sashiko (plus the quilt a puppy named Raspberry thought was a snack) - Become a backyard botanist with pressed flowers and leaves - Make a birthday zine starring your friend - Give your purse a mascot with an air dry clay bag charm - Shoot a roll on a disposable film camera - Make a fall simmer pot (kitchen witch vibes, pointy hat optional) - Start a handwritten recipe box • Why conversation gets easier when your hands are busy • How analog time fits the Revive stage of the Going FourWords™ framework Your one small thing: make a date with one analog activity this week, written on paper Links Try the Going FourWords™ Clubhouse for $1 your first month (pen pals, Recipe Exchange, Beth's Best Books Club, quarterly creative challenges, monthly meetups): www.bdi-create.today/going-fourwords-membership (http://www.bdi-create.today/going-fourwords-membership) Grab the free Going FourWords™ Guide: www.bdi-create.today (http://www.bdi-create.today) Missed last week? Catch Episode 148 with poetry therapist Bree McLaughlin: www.bdi-create.today/podcasts/create-today-with-beth-buffington/episodes/2149267564 (http://www.bdi-create.today/podcasts/create-today-with-beth-buffington/episodes/2149267564) Connect with Beth Instagram: @b.b.buffington_celebratetoday Facebook: BDIcreatetoday LinkedIn: bbbuffington Pinterest: bdiboss Because in Beth's world, everyone is creative. Chapters 0:00 Welcome to analog creativity 0:30 Chili cook-off and a many-eyed pumpkin 2:45 What an analog clock teaches us 5:20 Your digital vs. analog pie chart 10:15 Why 2026 is the year of analog 13:10 Inside the Going FourWords™ Clubhouse 16:45 The science of hands-on creativity 19:50 7 analog hobbies to try 20:55 Mend something with sashiko 23:25 Become a backyard botanist 24:25 Make a birthday zine 25:40 Clay bag charms 26:55 Shoot a roll of film 27:55 Fall simmer pot 29:10 Handwritten recipe box 30:40 Better together 31:40 Analog and the Revive stage 33:15 Your one small thing #AnalogHobbies #CreativeWellness #GoingFourWords #GrandmaHobbies #AnalogBag #Doomscrolling #ScreenFree #CozyHobbies #Sashiko #SelfCare

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

13 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 57 / 100

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93

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Engagement

51

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